Prepare for fourth generation IT

Tuesday 27th February 2018

Scotland needs strategy for ‘fourth industrial revolution. ’

The report was informed by automation and digitalisation analysis from the Fraser of Allander Institute. Polly Purvis, CEO of ScotlandIS, the trade body for the digital technologies industry, commented that : “Automation will enable more and more businesses and public-sector organisations.
The Figure 1 (above) shows the development path that allows industries to evolve step-by-step toward the full Industry 4.0 transformation process [1]. It consists of six stages with each building on the previous one. Each stage includes a description of the necessary capabilities and the consequent benefit for companies. Connectivity is the second stage, immediately after computerisation, and it enables the ones that follow..